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Resource Description and Discovery

Resource description covers both encoded descriptions (metadata) and human readable free text descriptions to support the discovery, retrieval, use and management of learning resources.

This work relates to the Learning Resources and Activities area of the JISC eLearning Programme, and to the JISC Information Environment programme.

Related topics: Repositories, Semantic Technologies, Open Educational Resources

Articles

Dev8ed - building, sharing and learning cool stuff in education
02 Apr 2012 Sheila MacNeill
Dev8eD is a new event for developers, educational technologists and users working throughout education on the development of tools, widgets, apps and resources aimed at staff in education and enhancing the student learning experience, taking place in Birmingham on 29 - 30 May. The event will will include training sessions led by experts, lightning [...]
Curriculum Design Open Educational Resources Learning Opportunities (XCRI) Resource Description and Discovery Learning Platforms Widgets Learning Design Resource Management Standards
The Learning Registry at #cetis12
09 Mar 2012 Lorna M. Campbell
Usually after our annual CETIS conference we each write a blog post that attempts to summarise each session and distil three hours of wide ranging discussion into a succinct synthesis and analysis. This year however Phil and I have been extremely fortunate as Sarah Currier of the JLeRN Experiment has done the job for us! [...]
Resource Description and Discovery Widgets
JLeRN Hackday - Issues Identified
01 Feb 2012 Lorna M. Campbell
Last week I went to the hackday organised by the JLeRN team and CETIS to kick off Mimas’ JLeRN Experiment. It you haven’t come across JLeRN before, it’s a JISC funded exploratory project to build an experimental Learning Registry node. The event, which was organised by JLeRN’s Sarah Currier and CETIS’ dear [...]
Metadata Resource Description and Discovery
The JLeRN Experiment
13 Jan 2012 Lorna M. Campbell
Towards the end of last year we reported that JISC had approved funding for the development of an experimental Learning Registry node here in the UK, the first node of its kind to be developed outwith the US. The JLeRN Experiment, which is being undertaken by Mimas at the University of Manchester, with input from [...]
Resource Description and Discovery
CETIS OER Visualisation Project
06 Dec 2011 Lorna M. Campbell
As part of our work in the areas of open educational resources and data analysis CETIS are undertaking a new project to visualise the outputs of the JISC / HEA Open Educational Resource Programmes and we are very lucky to have recruited data wrangler extraordinaire Martin Hawksey to undertake this work. [...]
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Resource Description and Discovery Events


Dev8ed
Date: 29 May 2012 to 30 May 2012

Past Events


Open Educational Resources (OER) Hackday
Date: 31 Mar 2011 to 01 Apr 2011
JISC CETIS Conference 2010
Date: 15 Nov 2010 to 16 Nov 2010
OER Gathering
Date: 22 Jun 2010


Resource Description and Discovery Resources


Guides to metadata
Date: Oct 2009
A listing of introductory guides to metadata in general, to the LOM in particular and to the use of the LOM.
Learning Materials Application Profile Scoping Study final report
Date: Sep 2008
The approach of the LMAP Scoping Study was to recognize that a typical collection of learning materials is likely to include a wide range of resource types (e.g. images, web pages, digital media, assessment items) all of which require description.
What is the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting?
Date: Jan 2007
A briefing paper giving a short overview of the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, which is simple technical option for catalogue and repository services to make their metadata available to other services, based on the HTTP and XML standards, resulti
What is IMS VDEX?
Date: Jan 2006
A briefing paper giving an introduction to the IMS specification for vocabulary description and exchange (VDEX).
What is IEEE LOM?
Date: Jan 2006
A briefing paper giving an introduction to the IEEE LOM, a data model used to describe a learning object and similar digital resources used to support learning.

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